Threat Of Passports Being Held If Puerto Rico Victims Don’t Pay Government Back

The cost of air travel by the Republican Donald Trump administration has been a rather hot topic recently. It has been revealed multiple cabinet members have been using more expensive private planes to travel, costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in unnecessary costs. And if that egregiousness wasn’t bad enough, a new report is suggesting victims of the devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico are going to have to pay the government to take a flight away from the catastrophe.

Market Watch reports anyone that gets evacuated with government help through the air has to pay full price back to Washington to get off the island. If they don’t pay off the note, they don’t get their passport back. According to the report:

But the people of Puerto Rico obviously need a lot of help and will need every ounce of help they can get for a long time to come. Being told by their government that they will be squeezed for travel costs is not something they need now or ever. It’s clear another policy change is badly needed. The question is: will Donald Trump act or not?

His attitude toward Puerto Rico to this point does not inspire confidence.